Please come to the Common Start Coalition’s rally – and support proposed legislation to build a stronger system of early education and care in Massachusetts!

The rally is being held this Saturday, April 9, 2022, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Parkman Bandstand on the Boston Command.

“Learn how you can get involved to help create a more equitable childcare and early education system,” the coalition says on its Facebook page.

As we’ve blogged, the coalition — a statewide group of advocates and organizations, including Strategies for Children — supports a bill known as The Common Start Legislation that would establish a universal system of affordable, high-quality early education and care in Massachusetts.

The rally, as the coalition explains, will be “family friendly and free to attend. Bus transportation with snacks and beverages will be provided from key locations across Massachusetts. With state Covid-19 mask requirements still in place on public and private transportation, including buses, please plan to wear a mask, except while eating snacks or drinking beverages provided to passengers.” 

You can click here to register. 

Can’t come to the rally in person? Show up virtually by re-tweeting these tweets:

• English – https://twitter.com/CommonStartMA/status/1511379953408954369
  
• Spanish – https://twitter.com/CommonStartMA/status/1511380331823341573
  
• Spanish with Flyer – https://twitter.com/CommonStartMA/status/1511817466619785217

You can also like and comment on these Instagram posts:

• English and Spanish –
   https://www.instagram.com/p/Cb-dPtqudwV/
  
• Spanish –
   https://www.instagram.com/p/CcBkuHbOB3n/

In person or virtually, the rally is a great way for families to have fun and encourage state officials to invest in building a stronger system of early education and care.